On the evening of October 26, 2017, 30-year-old Cory Dewayne Goodwin of Smackover, Arkansas, was shot outside Hot Shots Bar and Grill at 601 South Timberlane Drive in El Dorado. He was taken to a local hospital but died of his wounds the next morning, October 27, 2017.

Authorities arrested Eric Morrison of Hot Springs shortly after the shooting; he was initially booked on a battery charge and, after Goodwin’s death, the charge was upgraded to first-degree murder with bond set at $1 million. Goodwin was born January 9, 1987, in Union County to Byron and Brenda Goodwin, served in the United States military, and was a graduate of Smackover High School. He is remembered as a loving father to three children, Zion, Ayana, and Corey Jr.; funeral services were held at the Smackover Auditorium and he was buried in Hicks Cemetery in Smackover.

Are there readers who knew Cory or who have information about the shooting outside Hot Shots Bar and Grill?